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[shirenomad]

We're also housebroken.

(And speaking of geekiness, for all two of you Whedon/Firefly fans on my flist who haven't gotten the word yet...)

Comments

[pretzelcoatl.livejournal.com]

That's an interesting article, but I don't think I completely agree that the "nerd" area is an entirely safe one. During last semester in particular, I've begun to encounter numerous nerdy types who are hormone-driven, tactless, and sometimes downright mean. Maybe they're nicer around their girlfriends (if they have one), but around other people, forget it.

But, eh, that's just my 1 cent.

[scribe-of-stars.livejournal.com]

Different people, different preferences, different attitudes. You have to approach everyone individually, even though it's really hard to just assume things based on stereotypes.

Also: Your icon doth rocketh unto the extreme. ^_^

[alaster.livejournal.com]

I agree that there should definitely be some distinction between "love teh nerds" (good) and "love teh guys who aren't dickheads" (better), as there are plenty of nerd/dickhead hybrids out there. (To be fair, many of them got that way due to bitterness and lonliness. Ah, irony.)

On a related note, the experience of "Renata" (both historical and in the store) seems fabricated out of whole cloth to me - the brush strokes are a little too broad, if you catch my drift. Likewise, I question how much of a nerd the author's boyfriend really is if he thinks Geordi ("Jordi"?) was from DS9. =P

Nitpicking aside, the article is clever and funny, and I'll give two thumbs up to any bit of writing by a woman that even hints that when it comes to picking mates, women's words and actions don't match up (and this article admits it outright). Huzzah and so forth.